The impact of the recent disaster has all but guaranteed that the economy will contract for a second successive quarter in Q1. Releases for March show plunging output, activity and spending, while business and consumer confidence has collapsed. What’s more, the early survey evidence for the start of Q2 shows no sign of a V-shaped rebound, supporting our view that GDP will fall further than generally anticipated in the first half of the year.
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